Dutch physicist Willem Hendrik Keesom (1876-1956) specialized in cryogenics. In 1926 he became the first to solidify helium, and among his discoveries are He I and He II. In 1932 he achieved the temperature of -272° C, only one degree above absolute zero. The name was suggested by W. A. Fröger.

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